In person program for Ada Developers Academy students who are not yet confident using loops, arrays, and hashes
Launched in January 2016, to support newly admitted Ada Developers Academy students who are not yet comfortable and confident using loops, arrays, and hashes. This JSL curriculum is a companion to the Jumpstart curriculum.
JSL takes place in person at Ada 4 weeks prior to the start of the full-program. JSL reviews the most important content from the Jumpstart curriculum and will not cover any new material.
- 2 hours, twice a week for 3 weeks
- General class plan
- Welcome, goals, warm-up (25 mins)
- Lesson (25 mins)
- Break (10 mins)
- Exercises (50 mins)
- Debrief (10 mins)
| Day | Topics |
|---|---|
| Day 1 | programming work flow, ruby style, ruby types, user input, string interpolation |
| Day 2 | assignment statements, boolean expressions, conditionals |
| Day 3 | loops, iterators |
| Day 4 | boolean zen, combining loops, iterators, and conditionals |
| Day 5 | nil, arrays |
| Day 6 | symbols, hashes |
| Resource | Information |
|---|---|
| Overview Video | ~4 min video overview of Jumpstart Live |
| All Jumpstart Live Videos | All videos for the Jumpstart Live lessons |
| In-person Student Expectations | Expectations for all students participating in-person |
| Remote Student Expectations | Expectations for all students participating remotely |
| Switching from PC to Mac | A guide to help Ada students who are transitioning from PC to Mac |
| Jumpstart Curriculum | Individual curriculum to be completed by all incoming Ada students |
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What is the difference between Jumpstart and Jumpstart Live (JSL)?
Jumpstart is a curriculum that all accepted Ada students are expected to complete prior to the start of the in-person classroom experience.
Jumpstart Live(JSL) is a 3-week in person class prior to the start of Ada to help prepare incoming Ada students who are not yet confident using loops, arrays, and hashes.